Welcome to the Sunderland Children's Trust website
Background to Children's Trust Arrangements
The Laming Report ( 315kb) identified a number of weaknesses in Children’s Services in some areas. The most significant for the future shape of services were
Lack of accountability
Poor co-ordination of service provision across agencies
Failure to share information
Weak management of services
Lack of training
The Green Paper Every Child Matters (ECM) ( 743kb) set out the Government’s vision for children’s services, including a number of measures to address the above issues. This Vision is based on the development of national and local arrangements where there is
Clear accountability for services
Integration of key services around the needs of children, in particular, education, social care, health, youth justice and Connexions.
The Government’s preferred model for achieving service integration is a Children’s Trust, which will commission services and may provide them directly or contract with public, private or voluntary sector organisations.
Your Health is a website especifially designed for children and young people in Sunderland. The website also has an area specifically for professionals to find information on a range of health issues.
315kb) identified a number of weaknesses in Children’s Services in some areas. The most significant for the future shape of services were